[talk-au] Basic question

[Adam Horan]

That's probably a good rule of thumb, although with the addition of same
type and 'level'.

Admin boundaries overlap and nest all the time, but you wouldn't normally
expect two of the same type and level to overlap.
LGA within State within Country etc

On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 11:31, Sam Wilson <sam at samwilson.id.au> wrote:

> My understanding is that areas should not overlap only where they are of a
> similar type. Areas of natural=wood and boundary=national_park aren't
> similar and so it's fine for them to overlap.
> On 8/10/21 6:25 am, Adam Horan via Talk-au wrote:
>
> "Where something like the boundaries of a State Park and a forested area
> are not the same."
>
> I'd say that this is common and expected, and should be handled with
> separate areas.
>
> I feel it's very much the old style of mapping to put 'natural=wood' on a
> park admin boundary.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 08:38, <forster at ozonline.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> If you were told this by changeset comment, can you give the URL?
>> Tony
>>
>> > Hi everyone
>> > I am a basic OSM editor. I usually just correct obvious map errors I
>> find
>> > while hiking/cycling. I have tried to be a little more ambitious every
>> now
>> > and then, but I have found it can be quite difficult to keep other
>> editors
>> > happy with what I do.
>> >
>> > My question is: Can you have overlapping 'areas'? I was told by someone
>> in
>> > this group that you can't.
>> >
>> > For example; Where something like the boundaries of a State Park and a
>> > forested area are not the same. This is the issue where I was told that
>> you
>> > can't do that.
>> > This makes no logical sense to me as this happens all the time.
>> >
>> > I would appreciate some guidance on this issue.
>> > Kind regards
>> > Andrew Parker
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
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